Jeremiah Dixon

The source records Cockfield as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: English surveyor and astronomer (1733–1779)

From Wikidata Q638073

Birthplace

Cockfield

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Photo credits

• Andrew Curtis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Hugh Mortimer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Taylor, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Russel Wills, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Kevin Waterhouse, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• peter robinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Pat Gough, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Church of St. MaryListed building · 313 ydCockfield Glebe Memorial GardenGarden · 333 ydCockfield CemeteryGraveyard · 466 ydGeorge VI postbox on Front Street, CockfieldOld post box · 502 ydEnclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield FellScheduled monument · 761 ydVictorian postbox, High LandsOld post box · 1.1 miKeverstone Grange Farmhouse with Outbuildings AttachedListed building · 1.2 miByre HouseListed building · 1.4 miWalled GardenGarden · 1.4 miNorth Gatehouse and Walls Attached Enclosing Castle; Gate House Formerly Listed As 'porter's Lodge'Listed building · 1.5 miJackson's WoodForest · 1.5 miOld Milestone by the A688, north of WackerfieldMonument or public art · 1.9 mi

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